Quick-acting closure for receptacles



Nov. 6, 1923. 1,473,162

B. SAGE v QUICK ACTING CLOSURE FOR RECEPTACLES Filed Nov. 17. 1921INVENTOR 6 j 15 8 I m j I A TTOR/VE Y5 Patented Nov. 6, i923.

UNHTE STATES BRIGHT SAGE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

QUICK-ACTING CLOSURE FOR RECEPTACLES.

Application filed'November 17, 1921. Serial No. 515,795.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRIGHT SAGE, a subject of the Kin of Great Britain,and a resident of East 6range, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Quick- ActinClosures for Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to rece tacle closures and moreparticularly to a fil 'ing opening closure for automobile gasolenetanks.

The objects of the invention are to provide a closure of the characterdescribed embodying novel features of construction which is quick actingand eliminates screwing the closure into and unscrewing it from theopening to close and open the same to provide a closure including a bodyportion adapted to be permanently fitted in the opening and having anopening therethrough normally closed by a quick openin and closingcover; to provide such a c osure,

having the cover pivotally mounted on the outer end of the body "portionwhereby the opening in the body portion can be opened and closed 4bswinging the cover on its pivot; to provi e a 'closure of thischaracterin which the cover is adapted to swing transversely of the bodyportionand slidably engage the outer end thereof; to provide means formaintaining the cover in snug engagement with the outer end of the bodyportion to tightly close said opening; to provide means forautomatically limiting movement of said cover into and holding the samein closed position; to provide improved latch I mechanism including afinger piece for holding the over in closed position which isautomatically released as the finger piece is 4 pushed to swin the coverinto open osition; and to o tain other results an advantages as may bebrought out by the following description. v Referring to theaccompanying drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate thesame parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a closure embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2of Figure 1, showing the same mounted in the filling opening of a tank;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the closure as shown in Figure 2;

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Figure 4 is a plan. view of a modified form of my invention;

Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof similar to Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view through the cover taken onthe'line 6-6 of Fig. 4:.

In the drawings I have shown my invention embodied in a closure for thefilling opening of an automobile gasolene-tank, the closure comprising acylindrical body portion 1 having an axial opening 2 .therethrou h andexteriorly threaded as at 3, so as to. escrewed into the filling opening4 of a 'gasolene tank 5, as shown in Figure 2. Theouter end of the bodyportion 1 is substantially flat and formed with a polygonal flange 6 tobe engaged by a wrench for screwin the closure into the filling opening.The body portion 1 is of suflicient length to 75 project a considerabledistance into the tank beyond the interior wall thereof to prevent theliquid in the tank from splashmg out of the opening 2, and at the outerend of the openin 2 is formed an inwardly projecting bafile ange 7 forthe same purpose.

A cover 8, shown in the present instance in the form of a substantiallycircular plate, is pivotall mounted as at 9 to the outer end of the b0 yportion 1 so as to swing transversely thereof and slidably engage theflat outer end of the body portion so as to close the opening 2 when inthe position shown by solid lines in Figure 1 and open openin 2 when 'inthe position shown by ot and dash lines in Figure 1. The pivot 9 may beof anydesiredconstruction, but in the present instance I have shown itas a stud threaded into the end of 95 the body portion .1 and passingloosely through an opening 10in the cover plate 8, the outer end of theivot being formed with a head 11 inspace relation to the top of thecover 8. 100

For the purpose of yieldingly holding the. cover plate 8 1n snugengagement with the end of the body portion 1 to ti htly close theopening 2, I utilize a helica compression spring 12 between the coverplate and the head 11, and to limit theswlngin of the cover plate 8 intoclosed position t e cover plate is preferably provided on its under sidewith a projecting stud 13 adapted to engage a groove 14 in the outer endof the 71 body portion. The-lose connection of the cover plate 8 withthe stud 9 will permit the cover plate to be swung upwardly sufficientlyto remove the stud 13 from the groove 14 to swing the cover in eitherdirection into open positlon, and the pressure of the spring 12 willcause the stud 13 to snap into the groove 14 when the cover is swunginto closed position. The stud 13 and the spring pressure thus maintainthe cover in closed posltion against vibration'of the tank. Tofacilitate the stud 13 passing the edges of the body portion 1, I maycut away the edges of the body portion as indicated at 15, and tofacilitate in manipulating the cover I may proiLide-the-same with anupwardly projecting finger iece 16.

A modi ed construction is shown .in Figures" 16 inclusive in which alatch mechanism is shown for positively holding the cover' in closedposition, the said latch mechanism bein automatically released when thefinger piece is pushed to swing the cover into open position. The flange6 of the body portion is provided with anextension 1 on which isformedan upwardly projecting inverted L-shaped keeper 18, under which isadapted to slide a projection 19 on the cover. The under side of thekeeper 18' is formed with a notch 20 to be engaged by a pawl 21 rigidlymounted on a shaft 22 journaled in bearings 23 formed onthe cover 8.

The finger piece 24 is rigidlytmounted on the shaft 22 for actuatin thepawl 21 out of the notch 20; A heiical spring 25 is mounted on the shaft22 and has. one end thereof connected to the cover 8 and the other endto the finger piece 24, the said spring normally holdingt-he pawl 21 inthe notch 20. With this construction the cover can be swung in only onedirection, the keep- 1 er 18 limiting swinging thereof in the otherdirection, and when it is desired to open the cover the finger piece 24is pushed which causes oscillation of the shaft 22 and moves the pawl 21out of the notch 20 against the influence of the spring 25. When thecover is swung into closed position,.the spring 25 automatically shapethe pawl 21 into the notch 20 to lock the cover. The keeper 18 serves toprevent the cover from being swung upwardly, this construction beingparticularly adapted for use on automobile radiator said flat end of thebody portion, sai

fiat outer end of the body portion provides a tight joint between thecover and the body portion, said frictional engagement being maintainedby the spring 1 f While I have shown and described one possibleembodiment of my invention, it will be understood that this is only forthe purpose of illustrating the principles thereof, and that manmodifications and changes can be made, in the detail construction of myinvention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: 1 i

1. A device of the character described including a body portion havingan opening therethrough and adapted to be fitted into an opening in areceptacle or the like, said body portion having a fiat outer end, acover having a flat surface frictionally en aging cover and body portionhaving a cooperat iig recess and projection, a headed pivot stud forpivotally connecting said cover at one side of said opening to said bodyportion to swing transversely of said opening to close and open thesame, and a. spring interposed between said cover and the head of saidpivot stud to maintain said cover in engagement with said body portionand automatically cause engagement of said recess and projection,

when the cover is swung into closed position.

2. A device of the character described ineluding a body portion havingan: opening therethrough and adapted to be fitted into an opening in areceptacle or the like, a cover mounted on said body portion andslidable transversely of said opening -to close and open'the same, afinger piece for operating 4 said cover, a pawl to engage said bodyportion to hold said cover in closed ition, and means for automaticallyreleas ng said pawl when the. finger piece is forcibly engaged to openthe cover,

3. A device of the character described iricluding a body portion havinan opening therethrough and adapted to be fitted into an opening in areceptacle or the like, a

cover pivotally connected atone side of said opening to the body portionto swing transversely of said opening to close and open the same. akeeper on said body portion opposite said pivot to receive said coverinelosed position beneath itself, said keemer;

having a notch on the underside thereof, a shaft-journaled in saidcoverand havinga pawl rigidly connected thereto to engage said notch to holdthe cover in closed position, a'finger piece rigidly mounted on saidshaft for swinging the cover, so that said pawl is released from saidnotch when said finger piece is pushed to swing the cover,

and a spring for normally holding said pawl in engagement with saidnotch.

BRIGHT SAGE.

